Tuesday, December 25, 2012

After scouring a five mile radius of downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, we finally found our tree. And she's a beauty: 12 feet tall and surprisingly symmetrical. We were lucky because our regular lot had closed for the season; Whole Foods, Smiths & Home Depot had sold out days ago. We even contemplated buying a fake tree, but thankfully we drove past Western Gardens which still had at least a dozen left. And the trees are from Utah which makes it even better. Better yet, we were able to talk them down from $100 to $50.

Here's Damian securing the bolts.

Everyone took it in turns decorating. Then Callum took a nap!

I don't think we can fit anything more in our house.

The boys decorated a gingerbread house.

Callum played with the train.

Oh, and I almost forgot, Callum lost a tooth. This is his fourth tooth that he's lost on Xmas Eve. The boy has good timing.

The boys opened their new Xmas pajamas and we all sat down and watched A Christmas Story while eating fondue.

Of course we lit a fire.

And donned Santa hats.

Then the boys acted out a play from an Enid Blyton Christmas book.

Callum learning his lines.

Reading Roman's version of T'was a Night Before Christmas. His involves Star Wars characters.

Finally a picture of me!

It was time for bed, but not before the boys had written their notes to Santa.

Not sure if Santa's going to have enough time to answer Roman's questions.

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A British Transplant living the American dream. A design blog obsessed, self-confessed Anthroholic with a love for all things pretty, patterned and just plain cool. Take a peek as I show you my home, my inspirations and my future design ideas.

Why Back on Festive Road?

This is a reference to a beloved British children's program, Mr Benn, from the 1970's (oops showing my age!). Mr Benn was a very traditional gentleman on the outside, but he had a great sense of adventure and imagination. He would visit a fancy dress shop (costume store) where he would try on an outfit in the changing room (dressing room), appear from behind the curtain, and be magically transported into a different land or time related to the costume. He would have his adventure and then return home "Back on Festive Road" where the children were still playing on his street and all was well. So my husband and I just adopted this saying whenever we returned from an adventure to our little home. This blog is all about adventure, home & family, with a little bit of fantasy thrown in.